In a huge leap for government-funded education, Mumbai is set to become the first city in India to have a Cambridge-affiliated municipal school that will be free to its residents and impart quality education and learning to students.
“We hope to initiate the academic year 2022 with the Cambridge chapter of MPS (Mumbai Public Schools) that will pave the way to make international education accessible to students, free of cost, regardless of their economic background, thus promoting a strong culture of teaching & learning,” Maharashtra’s Environment and Tourism Minister, Aditya Thackeray said. Mr. Thackeray’s party, Shiv Sena is currently in power in the BMC and says an effort is being made to revamp the BMC-run schools to provide access to central boards and international syllabuses to the most marginalised and under-privileged sections of society, who depend on BMC schools for education.
“Due to the pandemic , many parents have been forced to send their children to government schools. The administration should use this opportunity to sustain children’s enrolment in these schools,” she added.
Along with the state board, ICSE and CBSE have partnered with the BMC for quality education in Mumbai. The tie-up with Cambridge International will ensure that the international curriculum reaches out to every child, says the BMC. “It is my dream to ensure that every child, beyond then economic capacity or background, has access to world-class education in all municipal schools and to free education,” Aaditya Thackeray said while announcing the tie-up with Cambridge Partnership for Education.
